Artificial tooth.



No. 647,865. Patented Apr. l7, I900.

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ARTIFICIAL TOOTH.

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ALFRED PAGE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD DENTAL .MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ARTIFICIAL TOOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,865, dated April 17, 1900.

Applicationfiledt0IJe1l4,1898. SerialNo. 693,489. (No model.)

. of artificial teeth, and has special reference to the manner of securing the metal pins that are used to fasten the teeth to the vulcanite plate. p

The object of my invention is to securely fasten these pins in the teeth after the teeth have been molded and burned, thus avoiding the-use of platinum.

To accomplish the desired result, I form in the body of each tooth during the process of molding 'an undercut or dovetailed opening, into which, after the tooth has been burned, I place a metallic wedge, and over the wedge insert the shank of the pin,,afterward firmly uniting the wedge and pin-shank by soldering or fusing them together. As the wedge and pin-shank, after'they have been soldered together, fill the undercut opening, it will be impossible for the pin to pull out without forced down over the wedge.

breaking away portions of the tooth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a finished tooth having therein an undercut opening. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the tooth on line as as of Fig. 1 with a wedge and a bifurcated pin shown above the undercut opening. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the tooth having the wedge in the undercut opening and the bifurcated pin in a position to be Fig. 4 shows piece of metal bent upon itself to form two independent legs, which legs are adapted to fit into the undercut opening a, over the wedge Z) in the manner particularly shown in Fig. 4. After the pin and wedge have been adjusted in the undercut opening Cb the shank of the pin and the wedge b are soldered together by any convenient means, preferably by placing a small quantity of solder around the pin and heating the tooth and pin until the solder is melted, when it will flow downwardly into the undercut opening, filling any vacant space therein and at the same time firmly uniting the wedge to the pin-shank. The shank of the pin and the wedge 19 are made of a size that combined they will, after being soldered together, fill the undercut opening a, thus forming a secure and firm connection between the pin and the tooth and making it impossible to withdraw or pull out the pin without break ing the body of the tooth- When the bifurcated pin shown in Figs. 2,

3, and at is used, the lower parts of the shank are forced outwardly against the beveled sides of the undercut opening, and as all of thestrain comes on these bent-over parts the solder connection between the wedge and the pin-shank need only be sufiicient to hold the wedge in place in order to make a secure and firm connection between the tooth and the pin.

- In the forms of undercut and pin shown in Figs. 4 and 5 it is more necessary that'the wedge b and the single-shank pin a be firmly soldered together, although even in this form the bent-over shank of the pin is forced against the undercut, and the body of the tooth will resist any direct pull outward. If desired, the pin-shank may be straight and joined to the wedge Z) on the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 6, or two small wedge-shaped pieces may be used and the pin placed between them.

Having thus. described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An artificial tooth having an undercut opening therein,in combination with a wedgeshaped piece of metal set within said opening, and a T-shaped metallic pin consisting of a single strip of metal bent upon itself to form two independent legs, the legs of said pin adapted to fit in said opening and be spread by the Wedge and permanently se cured thereto, and the T-shaped head adapted to be molded in a vulcanite .plate for the purpose of holding said tooth to the plate,

2. As a new articleof manufacture, an artificial tooth having an undercut opening therein, a wedge-shaped piece of metal in said undercut opening and a suitable pin held in the undercut opening and having its 7 inner end fused or soldered to the metallic wedge, the outer end being provided'with a head adapted to be cast into a vulcanite'plate;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature iii-presence of twowitnesses. ALFRED PAGE.

Witnesses THOS. D. Mowiins, I SAML. H. KIRKPATRICK. 

